John william wailes



(No Model.)

J. W. WAILES.

FIRE IGNITER.

No. 541,302. Patented June 18,1895.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN W'ILLIAM WVAILES, OF PONTELAND, ENGLAND.

FIRE-IGNITER.

i5PEGIFIATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 541,302, dated June 18,1895.

Application filed January 31. 1895. Serial No. 536,784. (No model.)Patented in England June 24, 1893, N0. 2Q,839.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN WILLIAM WAtLEs, a subject of the Queen of GreatBritain, residing at Ponteland, in the county of Northumberland,England, have invented a new and useful Fire-Igniter, (for which I haveobtained a patent in Great Britain, No. 20,839, hearing date June 2 1,1893,) of which the following is a specification.

The object is to provide an igniter for effectually and rapidly lightingfires such iguiter being economical and cleanly in application, notliable to get out of order, readily used and freely movable from placeto place.

Figure 1 is an elevation, and Fig. 2 is a plan of the igniter. Fig. 3 isa longitudinal horizontal section through the burner.

a, is a metal frame for carrying the various parts of the igniter; a,feet; a lifting handle; a guides.

12, is a foundation plate secured to the frame a. Above the foundationplate 17 is a wind chest formed with sides of leather or flexibleair-tight material 0, and a pressure board 01 in the usual manner.

e is a spring re-acting against the frame a and pressure board 67, forclosing the wind chest. A weight may be used instead of the spring.

f is a bellows board connected by sides of leather or flexible air tightmaterial g, to the foundation plate I). The bellows board f andfoundation plate I), are provided with the usual air admission valvesopening upward.

h is an operating lever pivoted to the frame a at 1', and made with oneend forked.

j are connecting rods pivoted to the bellows board f, at k, and to theforked end of the le- 'ver h, at Z.

m is a metal tube or blowpipe terminating at one end in a nozzle m, andcoupled at theother end by means of a flexible india rubber or like tube01. to the wind chest. The metal tube or blowpipe m is secured by meansof a clamp 0 and thumb-screw p, at any desired height and vertical anglein the guides u so that the nozzle m may point directly at the fuel tobe ignited. Any suitable clamp or universal joint may be used.

q is a sleeve with handle r, free to slide to and fro on the tube m. Tothe sleeve q is attaehed a burner consisting of a tube 3 perforated at sand surrounded by a tubular chamber 15 containing textile or likeabsorbent material. The chamber 25, may slide closely on the tube 8 ormay be made to open with a hinge so as to be removable to allow ofinsertion of the absorbent material.

it is a funnel and pipe opening into the cham her If, throughwhich'inflammable liquid such as petroleum spirit may be supplied to theabsorbent material. v

The action is as follows: The lamp or burnerbeing in the position shownand adjusted to the required height the absorbent material issaturatedwith in flammable liquid. The bellows is then operated so as tocause a jet of air to issue from the nozzle m of the blow pipe m. Thesaid air in its passage through the lamp takes up sufficient inflammablevapor by contact therewith through the perforations or apertures s toenable the mixture to be ignited. The inflammable mixture issues fromthe lamp in a jet which is ignited and the flames are directed againstthe fuel. When the inflammable liquid 'in the absorbent material is sofar used as to cease to mix sufficiently with the air to produce aninflammable mixture, the lamp or burner is drawn back by means of thehandle 1', and the nozzle m of the blowpipe m is allowed to project sothat the air issuing therefrom urges the combustion of the now ignitedfuel.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is

1. Afireignitercomprisingaframecontaining a bellows, a blow-pipeadjustably secured to the frame, and a flexible tube leading from thebellows to the blow-pipe, substantially as connecting the bellows andblow-pipe; substantially as described.

3. Afire-igniter comprisingabellows,atube leadingtherefrom, and a hollowperforated casing through which the air passes and adapted to contain anabsorbent; substantially as described. 7

4. A fire-igniter comprising a bellows, a tube leading, therefrom, and ahollow sliding perforated casing through which the air passes to andadapted to contain an absorbent; substantially as described. Intestimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 11th day of January,1895.

JOHN WILLIAM WAILES. Witnesses:

FREDERIO SMITH, THOMAS COLLINGS WINN.

